The secret mission to seize Nazi map data: How a covert US Army intelligence unit canvassed war-torn Europe, capturing intelligence with incalculable strategic value ~humanities.history Article 4641 words 9 votes
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The actress who left the stage to become an American Civil War spy ~humanities.history Article 1648 words 8 votes
A Japanese American newspaper chronicles the ‘searing’ history of immigrant incarceration ~humanities.history Article 1410 words 8 votes
The contested Confederate roots of Memorial Day: More than two dozen US cities claim to the be the “birthplace of Memorial Day" ~humanities.history Article 747 words 7 votes
The general was female? ASU professor, colleague uncover 200-year-old mystery from the American Revolution ~humanities.history Article 1852 words 10 votes
The top six medical inventions during the American civil war ~humanities.history Article 1732 words, published Jan 28 2019 9 votes
Revolutionary War fighting ended in 1781. The last shots exploded two months ago. ~humanities.history Article 2156 words 10 votes
Kindertransport children to get 2,500 euros in compensation from German government ~humanities.history Link 4 votes
A brief history of US dirty wars in Central America that set the stage for the refugee crisis ~humanities.history Video 9:24, published Dec 2 2018 4 votes
The Confederacy was built on slavery. How can so many southern whites still believe otherwise? ~humanities.history Article 7325 words, published Nov 28 2018 20 votes
Who’s behind that beard? Historians are using facial recognition software to identify people in Civil War photographs ~humanities.history Article 1195 words 8 votes
At 63, I threw away my prized portrait of Robert E. Lee ~humanities.history Article 3501 words, published Oct 23 2018 9 votes
The Gauls really did embalm the severed heads of enemies, research shows ~humanities.history Article 5 votes
Thirty-five years ago today, one man saved us from world-ending nuclear war ~humanities.history Article 888 words 16 votes
I survived the Warsaw ghetto. Here are the lessons I’d like to pass on ~humanities.history Article 1117 words 10 votes
Axes of evil. Four days, two murders, and one poplar tree that almost ignited World War III. ~humanities.history Link 4 votes
Axes of evil - Four days, two murders, and one poplar tree that almost ignited World War III ~humanities.history Link 8 votes
Hiroshima - a 1946 piece exploring how six survivors experienced the atomic bombing and its aftermath ~humanities.history Article 9 votes